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Letter to Editor

Posted:
05/14/2014 01:00:00 AM MDT

Dear Editor:
There is a big unknown in Akron that many talk about but no one really has any answers. This unknown is Bella's Market. A lot of people are asking questions regarding the stores willingness to serve the community.
Every time I enter the store there are fewer goods and more shelf space. Since there is very little to buy I find myself going elsewhere to purchase food. I know people are going out of town to purchase most of their foods. They are finding ways to do this with reduced cost by carpooling, asking others to pick up items, etc.
I hear this motto "Buy Locally". I would if I could but I can't. The produce, meat and other foods are not here. I know in the past that Akron was capable of supporting a grocery store. Why not now?
I am requesting some action from everyone in the community. The action is simple. Talk to your county and city elected officials and Chamber of Commerce members to plan a community meeting to discuss this issue. They should invite the Administrator and/or owner of Bella's Market to the meeting and request them to give answers on what is going on with the local store. Find out what the plans are for the store and when and how those plans are going to be implemented. If Bella's Market is not going to provide a respectable grocery store for this community then what can the community do to create one?
Please talk to your local elected officials and Chamber of Commerce members and ask them to take a leading role regarding this issue.